1 Kings 11:43

_AND SOLOMON SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS, AND WAS BURIED IN THE CITY OF DAVID HIS FATHER: AND REHOBOAM HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. Yahweh who was the head of the theocracy had (2 Samuel 7:1) REHOBOAM HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD. Yahweh, who was the head of the theocracy, had (2 Samuel 7:1) guaranteed, by a solemn promise to David, the regal succession to his dynasty; and in virtue of this divine arrangement Rehoboam was the legitimate heir to the throne. His accession accordingly took place in Jerusalem, on the demise of his father....

41-43 Solomon's reign was as long as his father's, but his life was not so. Sin shortened his days. If the world, with all its advantages, could satisfy the soul, and afford real joy, Solomon would have found it so. But he was disappointed in all, and to warn us, has left this record of all earthly enjoyments, "Vanity and vexation of spirit." The New Testament declares that one greater than Solomon is come to reign over us, and to possess the throne of his father David. May we not see something of Christ's excellency faintly represented to us in this figure?...

Verse 1 Kings 11:43. _SOLOMON SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS_] He died in almost the flower of his age, and, it appears unregretted. His government was no blessing to Israel; and laid, by its exactions and oppressions, the foundation of that schism which was so fatal to the unhappy people of Israel and Judah, and was the most powerful procuring cause of the miseries which have fallen upon the Jewish people from that time until now. I. IT may now be necessary to give a more distinct outline of the character of this king. 1. In his infancy and youth he had the high honour of being peculiarly _loved by the Lord_; and he had a _name_ given him by the express authority of God himself, which to himself and others must ever call to remembrance this peculiar favour of the Most High. There is little doubt that he was a most amiable youth, a

EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S ADVERSARIES.—As the historian has collected together in 1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1, all the information he can convey respecting the _temple, _and in 1 Kings 9:1; 1 Kings 10:1. all the scattered notices respecting Solomon's _power _and _greatness, _so here he arranges in one section the history of Solomon's _adversaries_._ _It must not be supposed that the following records stand in due chronological order. The enmities here mentioned did no

AND SOLOMON SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS,.... Died as they did: AND WAS BURIED IN THE CITY OF DAVID HIS FATHER; not in Bethlehem, but Zion, 1 Kings 2:10 AND REHOBOAM HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD; of whom more in the following chapter. Though nothing is said of Solomon's repentance, there is no doubt but he was a good man, repented of his sins, and was saved; as may be concluded from the commendations of him after his death, 2 Chronicles 11:17 from the promise of God that he made, that his mercy should not depart from him, though he chastised him, 2 Samuel 7:14 from his being an inspired writer, who were all holy men,...

REHOBOAM called Roboam. (Matthew 1:7)....

7. SOLOMON'S FAILURE: JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED AND THE BEGINNING OF DISRUPTION CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Solomon's polygamy and departure from God (1 Kings 11:1)_ 2. Hadad the Edomite (1 Kings 11:14) 3. Rezon the second adversary (1 Kings 11:23) 4. Jeroboam (1 Kings 11:26) 5. Solomon's reign and death (1 Kings 11:41) “But--.” An ominous word with which this chapter begins. It introduces us to the sad picture of Solomon's great apostasy. “He shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people

SIN OF SOLOMON, AND THE ADVERSARIES RAISED UP IN CONSEQUENCE. From various differences in the arrangement of the earlier verses in the LXX and Heb., it has been supposed that in its original form the narrative merely recorded the fact that Solomon had a number of wives, and that he built sanctuaries and offered sacrifice to their gods. In its present form the influence of a Deuteronomic editor is unmistakable. But the account of Solomon's adversaries (1 Kings 11:14 ff.) must be derived from an earlier source; and even as it stands does not necessarily mean that they were raised up in punishment of his sin. Hadad, the Edomite (1 Kings 11:14) must have troubled him early in his reign (1 Kings 11:21 f.), and Rezon wa

_And Solomon slept with his fathers_ The LXX. (_Vat._) continues -and they buried him in the city of David his father," and then joins on the words of 1 Kings 12:2 about Jeroboam hearing of Solomon's death in Egypt, adding, what is not found there, that -he made ready and came into his own city, into the land Sarira, which is mount Ephraim....

III. CONCLUSION OF THE HISTORY OF SOLOMON 11:41-43 TRANSLATION (41) And the rest of the acts of Solomon and all which he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? (42) And the time that Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. (43) And Solomon slept with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Rehoboam his son ruled in his stead. COMMENTS As a consequence of Jeroboam's rebellion, Solomon sought to slay his young Ephraimite overseer. Probably the rebellion specifically mentioned in 1 Kings 11:26 was the result of Ahijah's private prophecy. But this in no way justified any treasonous act on the part of Jeroboam. The fact that God had revealed His purposes to the young man was no reason for Jeroboam to attempt to bring these things to pass. David had known that he was destined to be king, but in faith he p